Re: [libvirt-users] Boot delay

From: Jeff <jwk1230 gmail com>

To: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn redhat com>

Cc: libvirt-users redhat com

Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Boot delay

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:11:06 -0500

Is there a virt-viewer for Windows?
On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> On 13.06.2011 15:25, Jeff wrote:
>> Is there a method of tweaking the boot sequence of a KVM instance so that you can delay the process for X number of seconds? I don't have enough time between starting the KVM and connecting via VNC.
>>
> You might consider using virt-viewer. It simply waits for domain to
> boot, if it is down.
>
> Your other option is to create hook script:
> http://libvirt.org/hooks.html
> and put conditional sleep there, because libvirt just before running a
> domain tries to execute qemu with some arguments (e.g. -help) to qeury
> its capabilities. And you don't want your hook script to delay that.
>
> So you need something like this:
>
> if [ $2 == "start" ]; then
> sleep 5
> fi
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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> Michal